Worms versus Bots

Tue May 4 23:24:36 UTC 2004

Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

>>>>However, up to 90% of the users *are* stupid:

>>Or is it possible there are other explanations?
> 
> Don Norman has argued quite eloquently that it's a technology and human 
> factors failure -- see, for example,
> http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200312/msg00105.html
> (reprinted from RISKS Digest).
> 
> Now, I'm not saying that it's easy to get things like this right, and 
> I've argued loudly against the notion that auto-patching is a sane 
> approach.  But if we deny that there's a problem except for "stupid 
> people", we're not likely to find a solution.

That last sentence is the point I was trying to get to.

After all, nearly half the people here are below the average for
intelligence.

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